Live Auction 7307Christie's Interiors
A GEORGE III HAREWOOD, LACEWOOD, BURR YEW AND MARQUETRY OCCASIONAL TABLE
Lot 165

A GEORGE III HAREWOOD, LACEWOOD, BURR YEW AND MARQUETRY OCCASIONAL TABLE

CIRCA 1780, ATTRIBUTED TO MAYHEW AND INCE

Closed6 November 2012

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GBP 1,875

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A GEORGE III HAREWOOD, LACEWOOD, BURR YEW AND MARQUETRY OCCASIONAL TABLE
CIRCA 1780, ATTRIBUTED TO MAYHEW AND INCE
The top inlaid with a trompe l'oeil border of banners-and-crosses, the burr yew central oval within a pearled border, the frieze banded in tulipwood and green-stained sycamore, with a drawer
29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) wide; 13¾ in. (35 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The high-quality illusionistic marquetry, carefully shaded by hot sand, is almost certainly the work of Chippendale's great rivals Mayhew and Ince (fl.1759-1804) whose other well-documented characteristics include burr yew panels and strings of 'pearl' inlay. An almost identical Pembroke table sold Sothebys, New York, 15 April 2010, lot 110.